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Angola Middle School
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 182 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 188 | 35% |
School pathway
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Angola Middle School
Angola Middle School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola Middle School this school | 543 | 56.2% | 42.6% |
| Roosevelt Middle School Monticello | 500 | 57.2% | 35.2% |
| Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Akron | 432 | 57.9% | 35.0% |
| Bluffton-Harrison Middle School Bluffton | 556 | 52.2% | 40.1% |
| New Castle Middle School New Castle | 627 | 57.7% | 30.8% |
| Maconaquah Middle School Bunker Hill | 407 | 58.7% | 28.5% |
Where Angola Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #124 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #148 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #121 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #164 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #69 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #203 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #111 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #42 of 187 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 42 | 12.9:1 | 56% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 41.5 | 12.8:1 | 55% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 53% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 47% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 48% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 45% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 49% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 22% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 30 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
About Angola Middle School
Angola Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in Angola, Indiana. A federal count lists 543 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
MSD Steuben County runs 6 schools with a combined 2,492 students. Angola Middle School is one of them.
Angola Middle School's enrollment is 83% White. It is also 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Steuben County is roughly 93% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%.
Angola Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Angola Middle School is 35.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.6%.
Steuben County has about 34,726 residents, and the median household income is $74,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Steuben County has 9 public schools and roughly 3,471 students.
The nearest other public school, Angola High School, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Angola Middle School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 543, a 16% decrease from 643 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.7 to 12.9 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Steuben County at a glance
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